About block 957,534
Bitcoin block 957,534 was mined by SpiderPool on July 11, 2026 at 7:10 AM UTC, 12 min 58 s after block 957,533. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 5,931 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0105 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1355 BTC for this block.
Block 957,534 is number 1,951 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 65 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,466 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. SpiderPool found 52 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,936 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.